{"data":{"id":"us/48-cfr-970.3102-0531","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"48 CFR 970.3102-0531","heading":"970.3102-0531 Patent costs and technology transfer costs.","body":"(a) For management and operating contracts that do not include the clause at 970.5227-3, Technology Transfer Mission, the cost principle at 48 CFR 31.205-30 applies.\n(b) For management and operating contracts that do include the clause at 970.5227-3, Technology Transfer Mission, the following patent and technology transfer costs are allowable—\n(1) Costs of preparing invention disclosures, reports, and other patent related documents required by the contract;\n(2) Costs of searching the art relating to invention disclosures;\n(3) Costs incurred in connection with the filing and prosecution of patent applications for subject inventions, except where those costs are incurred as part of a privately funded technology transfer program recognized under the contract; and\n(4) Other costs incurred in accordance with the patent rights clause and the Technology Transfer Mission clause included in the contract.","path":["Title 48—Federal Acquisition Regulations System","CHAPTER 9—DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY","SUBCHAPTER I—AGENCY SUPPLEMENTARY REGULATIONS","PART 970—DOE MANAGEMENT AND OPERATING CONTRACTS","Subpart 970.31—Contract Cost Principles and Procedures"],"source_url":"https://www.ecfr.gov/api/versioner/v1/full/2026-08-25/title-48.xml","current_through":"2026-08-25","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T02:26:29Z","sha256":"05bea505049812895e39492b21a3c59285c6a60f5cd3daf5c1d683beebab3017","source_id":"us-cfr","stale":true,"prev":"us/48-cfr-970.3102-530","next":"us/48-cfr-970.3102-533"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}